Another journey into the realm of the strange and terrifying.

I hope you will enjoy the trip that it will thrill you a little and chill you a little.

So settle back.

Get a good grip on your nerves.

Where are we going?

You'll find out when we get there.

What is up, everybody?

Welcome back to the show.

We are going to continue our journey today through the Johnny Dollar radio program. The title of our play today

is The Expiring Nichols and the Egyptian Jackpot. And this one aired September 4th of 1949.

Enjoy. I don't always say if you take a trip halfway around the world, you've got to expect you'll get your...

Look at Punch.

This is another in the adventures of America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar.

At insurance investigation, Johnny Dollar is only an expert.

At making out his expense account, he is an absolute genius.

The question... Spent accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny Dollar.

Who, the Constant Sun Trading Company, Cairo Ethiopian.

And may I say, this is an unexpected pleasure.

The one thing I didn't expect about it to during this case was somebody to pay the bill.

It started out being my answer to a fire alarm rung 12,000 miles away by an old wartime friend.

It wound up being a game of who gets killed first with a bunch of guys who suddenly declared themselves a small peacetime war.

The difference of opinion arose over a little hassle I might call the expiring nickels

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